Originally posted 2015-01-26 09:12:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter First posted January 29, 2009. Oh, to be a hip, Jewish intellectual… property owner. Stick with me here. 10 Years of LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® A while back I was following the story of the PTO’s refusal to register the mark NIGGA. As I put it…
It is a well-known fact that operating an online business necessitates adherence to a complex array of state, federal, and international regulations. Below is an overview of key regulatory areas to consider: 1. State Regulations California: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA): This act grants California residents rights concerning their personal data, including the ability to…
Tucows has dramatically dropped out of ICANN’s Registration Data Request Service pilot. The company said that RDRS provides a poor user experience that harms user privacy and causes ICANN to produce misleading usage statistics that show an artificially high request denial rate. RDRS is a bit more than half way through a two-year pilot designed…
The fired CEO of a telehealth company sued his former employer’s customer, alleging that the customer wrongfully pressured his employer to fire him after a video went viral of him confronting a boy wearing a prom dress. The lower court granted summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiff’s tortious interference claims. Plaintiff sought review with the…
Jackson Simmer, Unsplash On February 14, 2025, NLRB Acting General Counsel William B. Cowan rescinded a number of active General Counsel Memoranda citing an increasing “backlog of cases [grown] to the point where it is no longer sustainable.” Among those rescinded were a pair of memos issued by recently ousted NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo…
by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy This summer, I wrote that the jury trial between Ryanair and Booking Holdings ended in the strangest way possible. The jury returned a verdict that Booking Holdings had caused exactly $5,000 in legally cognizable “loss” to Ryanair under the CFAA—the statutory minimum to establish a CFAA claim. Of course, there’s…
Originally posted 2013-12-30 16:01:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter First published on June 27, 2013. The situation with attorneys’ fees in “exceptional cases” under the Lanham Act is, to put it mildly, not clear. I’ve written about it from time to time here, including, in December, in connection with the important Second Circuit…
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The UK government has introduced legislation that would give police the power to order registries and registrars outside the country to take down domain names being used for serious crime. The new Crime and Policing Bill (pdf), published yesterday, is a sprawling piece of proposed legislation, covering everything from mobile phone theft to antisocial behavior….
Jason, Jacob, and Jaz have prepared four brief posts on the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), an old law now applied to new technology. With damages of $5,000 per violation or treble damages, CIPA lawsuits cannot be ignored. If you have a website and want to protect your company from litigation costs, check out…
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This case involves “Skibidi Toilet,” an animated video series that, as its title implies, targets a Gen Alpha audience. No, I had never heard of it before today; and no, I don’t plan to watch any shows with either the words “Skibidi” or “Toilet” in their titles. 👴 The image accompanying this post comes from…
